Celebrating Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks Thursday May 4th at The Poetry Foundation
“We Real Cool” By Gwendolyn Brooks The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left School. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing gin. We […]
Chicago Literature’s Impact on You and Me at Volumes Bookcafe
Chicagoans are passionate fans. They like their hotdogs ketchup-less, beer craft, and if history tells us anything, their books soul wrenching. Often not talked about, Chicago has a rich history […]
Book Lovers Rejoice: Independent Bookstore Day Is This Saturday!
On the last Saturday in April, Independent Bookstore Day showcases local bookstores across the country. Over 400 are slated to participate this year, ranging from small towns to the biggest […]
Review: Anne Elizabeth Moore’s Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes
Much has been made of the importance of the body as a site of social, cultural, and economic forces. From books like Judy Norsigian’s Our Bodies, Ourselves and Dorothy Roberts’ […]
Celebrate Zine Night at the Field Notes Midwest HQ
For a night of zines and beer, swing by the Field Notes Midwest HQ in West Loop this Thursday evening. Browse through zines, prints, and self-published art from local vendors, and […]
Alec Baldwin Shares His Wisdom at the Athenaeum Theatre
I’ve always been an Alec Baldwin fan—his ability to shape-shift through a variety of different roles astounds me. From portraying an ex-husband-turned-lover in It’s Complicated to his pinnacle role as […]
Wild Chicago Explored by Mike MacDonald
In his coffee table book, My Journey Into the Wilds of Chicago, Mike MacDonald, photographer and author, explores one of his greatest passions, the natural world all around Chicagoland. Mike […]
Poetry Foundation Introduces Us to Jun Fujita, Poet, Pioneer Photojournalist
Jun Fujita thought of himself first as a poet and an artist. He wrote Japanese poetry in the form known as tanka and took exquisite black-and-white landscape and flower photos […]
Misty Copeland on Wellness, Authenticity, and of Course, Ballet and Her New Book
It was a regular Thursday. I kept forgetting that I’d get to see someone so inspirational speak later, someone who had become a legend in the world of dance. It was […]
The Cleveland Neighborhood Guidebook Will Make Even Non-Clevelanders Homesick
I’ve loved Cleveland since I went to the Westside Market during a road trip with my parents when I was in middle school. It was the first time I’d been […]
From Dropout to Director: MIT Media Lab’s Joi Ito on Interest-Driven Learning
Joi Ito often hears the same question: How did a two-time college dropout become the director of MIT’s Media Lab, one of the coolest jobs in media? By jumping from […]
George Saunders, Pop Culture Phenom, Comes to Chicago
I’ve liked George Saunders’ since I read his short story collection Pastoralia as a freshman in college. I’d never read anything like it. There was a historical re-enactment theme park, […]